general info
Mexico, 2001, dir Alfonso Cuaron
-coming of age story/road trip movie
road trip movies
frontier symbolism, male escapism, this film
... [Show More] makes it a self discovery/coming of age genre
NAFTA
A trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico that encourages free trade between these North American countries.
-incorporates indigenous and poorer Mexicans in rural communities who have been affected by NAFTA (meanwhile the main characters are all middle-upper/upper class)
PRI
Institutional Revolutionary Party, which has controlled Mexico for most of the century
-Julio represents support for the PRI through his desire to study economics, his admiration for Tenoch's father, and his sleeping w Tenoch's mother
-tenoch originally rejects his father's ideals but in the end studies economics also
Tenoch name
originally was going to be named Hernan after Hernan Cortez (colonizer) but at the last minute parents give him an indigenous name
-two sides of mexico
Zapatistas
Guerrilla movement named in honor of Emiliano Zapata; originated in 1994 in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas; government responded with a combination of repression and negotiation.
Voiceover
connect the characters to their surroundings (rural Mexico), and also provide tangental information to the film that is essential to understand the film
class differences
tenoch vs julio, tenoch vs his nanny
Luisa
motherly role, but rejects the submissiveness of being a mother; never actually becomes a **** tho either (in the mother/**** complex)
Which of the following inform Y tu mamá también?
a.
NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement)
b.
The accords between Cuba and the Soviet Union
c.
The end of the leading party
d.
a and c
d. a and c
Critic, Saldaña-Portillo, suggests that Tenoch's wearing a t-shirt of Subcomandante Marcos ________.
a.
is indirectly linked to his desire for his friend, Julio Zapata.
b.
references the Zapatista revolution.
c.
relates to his pride in being from the elite class.
d.
a and b.
d. a and b
Subcomandante Marcos
the spokesperson for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), a Mexican rebel movement. In January 1994, he led an army of Mayan farmers into the eastern parts of the Mexican state of Chiapas in protest of the Mexican government's treatment of indigenous peoples.
The PRI figures into the film since ________.
a.
The national elections are coming up.
b.
Julio is a politician.
c.
Julio's sister is a Zapatista.
d.
This film is entirely nostalgic for the times of the revolution
a. The national elections are coming up.
Luisa's finding out about her illness prompts her to ________.
a.
be faithful to Jano.
b.
feel more comfortable at his dinner parties.
c.
enjoy to the fullest the little time that remains.
d.
become a political activist.
c.
enjoy to the fullest the little time that remains.
How does the film relate to the genre of the "road movie"?
a.
It fits perfectly into the genre.
b.
It has nothing to do with it.
c.
It subverts the road movie's traditional masculine bias.
d.
It mainly conveys the importance of indigenous identities through it.
c.
It subverts the road movie's traditional masculine bias.
The prominence of the mestizaje theme in the film is especially evident in ________.
a.
Julio's appearance.
b.
The appearance of the wedding party attendees.
c.
The desire between Julio and Tenoch and Luisa's function as a conduit.
d.
Tenoch's family's maid.
c.
The desire between Julio and Tenoch and Luisa's function as a conduit.
Tenoch of Y tu mamá también was going to be named ________.
Hernán, but his parents felt that Tenoch would strengthen their connections to the people of Mexico.
Luisa's role in the boys' lives ________.
a.
is definitely that of a manipulator.
b.
definitely goes back to the mother/***** division prominent in Mexican film.
c.
could be considered motherly, but not necessarily so.
d.
is that of betrayer only.
c.
could be considered motherly, but not necessarily so. [Show Less]